So, I recently discovered that e-mail confirmation for registrations has been turned off. I think it would block a lot of the ludicrous dozens-a-day spambots we've been getting, although I suspect it was turned off way back when due to troubles registering for actual members. Is there any chance of this feature being reinstated, or did it indeed seem to be the sole cause of those problems in the past?

Then again, it may not stop the spambots. They typically do list e-mail addresses in their profiles, but I'm not sure whether they answer confirmation e-mails automatically; but besides that, they're already going through the automatic numbers-and-letters generator filter somehow.

We are not talking about administrators having to activate accounts. I just created this account and did not have to log into my email to activate my new account. This means people can throw up completely false email addresses (or other people's email addresses) and create accounts.

Spamxample wrote:We are not talking about administrators having to activate accounts. I just created this account and did not have to log into my email to activate my new account. This means people can throw up completely false email addresses (or other people's email addresses) and create accounts.